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The following table displays notifications and notification rates of disease by State and Territory, for the last 5 years. If you are not able to access these data please e-mail cdi.editor@health.gov.au.
Table 3. National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System notifications and rates, 1995 to 1999, by year and disease
Disease |
Notifications | Rate per 100,000 population | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | |
Bloodborne diseases |
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| Hepatitis B (incident) | 331 |
213 |
268 |
262 |
307 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
| Hepatitis B (unspecified)1 | 6,477 |
5,911 |
7,044 |
6,620 |
8,091 |
35.8 |
32.3 |
38.0 |
35.3 |
42.7 |
| Hepatitis C (incident) | 70 |
75 |
154 |
345 |
385 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
| Hepatitis C (unspecified)1 | 9,959 |
9,712 |
19,331 |
19,006 |
21,244 |
55.1 |
53.0 |
104.4 |
101.4 |
112.0 |
| Hepatitis D | 37 |
14 |
17 |
10 |
21 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| Hepatitis (NEC) | 13 |
16 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Gastrointestinal diseases |
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| Botulism | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Campylobacterosis2 | 11,298 |
12,117 |
11,742 |
13,282 |
12,643 |
94.6 |
100.1 |
95.8 |
107.0 |
100.7 |
| Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | - |
- |
4 |
13 |
24 |
- |
- |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| Hepatitis A | 1,645 |
2,112 |
3,069 |
2,443 |
1,557 |
9.1 |
11.5 |
16.6 |
13.0 |
8.2 |
| Hepatitis E | 5 |
4 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Listeriosis | 60 |
68 |
73 |
55 |
63 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
| Salmonellosis | 6,041 |
5,791 |
7,089 |
7,489 |
7,154 |
33.4 |
31.6 |
38.3 |
39.9 |
37.7 |
| Shigellosis2 | 734 |
677 |
796 |
594 |
547 |
6.1 |
5.6 |
6.5 |
4.8 |
4.4 |
| SLTEC,VTEC3 | - |
- |
20 |
14 |
43 |
- |
- |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
| Typhoid | 75 |
79 |
81 |
63 |
72 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
| Yersiniosis2 | 309 |
272 |
246 |
190 |
143 |
2.6 |
2.2 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
Quarantinable diseases |
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| Cholera | 5 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Plague | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Rabies | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Viral haemorrhagic fever | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Yellow fever | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Sexually transmissible infections |
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| Chancroid | 2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Chlamydial infection | 6,398 |
8,445 |
9,242 |
11,339 |
14,082 |
35.4 |
46.1 |
49.9 |
60.5 |
74.2 |
| Donovanosis | 84 |
49 |
48 |
27 |
16 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
| Gonococcal infection4 | 3,315 |
4,175 |
4,692 |
5,398 |
5,676 |
18.3 |
22.8 |
25.3 |
28.8 |
29.9 |
| Lymphogranuloma venereum | 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Syphilis5 | 1,810 |
1,510 |
1,355 |
1,677 |
1,979 |
10.0 |
8.2 |
7.3 |
8.9 |
10.4 |
Vaccine preventable diseases |
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| Diphtheria | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Haemophilus influenzae type b | 78 |
49 |
52 |
34 |
40 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
| Measles | 1,194 |
481 |
858 |
290 |
230 |
6.6 |
2.6 |
4.6 |
1.5 |
1.2 |
| Mumps | 157 |
126 |
191 |
182 |
184 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| Pertussis | 4,247 |
4,384 |
10,941 |
5,739 |
4,396 |
23.5 |
23.9 |
59.1 |
30.6 |
23.2 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Rubella7 | 4,590 |
2,556 |
1,389 |
745 |
376 |
25.4 |
14.0 |
7.5 |
4.0 |
2.0 |
| Tetanus | 7 |
3 |
7 |
8 |
2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Vectorborne diseases |
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| Arbovirus infection NEC | 69 |
47 |
21 |
83 |
62 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
| Barmah Forest virus infection | 759 |
859 |
696 |
531 |
639 |
4.2 |
4.7 |
3.8 |
2.8 |
3.4 |
| Dengue | 39 |
123 |
175 |
509 |
131 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
2.7 |
0.7 |
| Malaria | 623 |
866 |
751 |
647 |
724 |
3.4 |
4.7 |
4.1 |
3.5 |
3.8 |
| Ross River virus infection | 2,684 |
7,853 |
6,643 |
3,128 |
4,416 |
14.9 |
42.9 |
35.9 |
16.7 |
23.3 |
Zoonoses |
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| Brucellosis | 27 |
39 |
40 |
43 |
52 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
| Hydatid infection | 51 |
44 |
61 |
40 |
29 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
| Leptospirosis | 165 |
215 |
128 |
189 |
318 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
| Ornithosis | 186 |
86 |
35 |
64 |
84 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
| Q fever | 466 |
554 |
580 |
560 |
518 |
2.6 |
3.0 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
2.7 |
Other bacterial infections |
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| Legionellosis | 164 |
201 |
157 |
262 |
249 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
| Leprosy | 10 |
7 |
12 |
4 |
6 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Meningococcal infection | 381 |
421 |
484 |
453 |
568 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
| Tuberculosis | 1,154 |
971 |
1,043 |
972 |
1,153 |
6.4 |
5.3 |
5.6 |
5.2 |
6.1 |
| Total | 65,720 |
71,131 |
89,550 |
83,321 |
88,229 |
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1. Unspecified hepatitis includes cases with hepatitis in whom the duration of illness can not be determined.
2. Notified as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution' in New South Wales.
3. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. coli (SLTEC/VTEC)
4. Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia
5. Includes congenital syphilis
6. Includes congenital rubella
NN Not notifiable
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified
- Elsewhere classified.
This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 4, November 2001.
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